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    Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession

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The Fifth Discipline

by Peter M Senge

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

An MIT Professor's pathbreaking book on building "learning organizations" — corporations that overcome inherent obstacles to learning and develop dynamic ways to pinpoint the threats that face them and to recognize new opportunities. Not only is the learning organization a new source of competitive advantage, it also offers a marvelously empowering approach to work, one which promises that, as Archimedes put it, "with a lever long enough... single-handed I can move the world."

Review:

"Forget your old, tired ideas about leadership. The most successful corporation of the 1990s will be something called a learning organization." — Fortune Magazine.

Review:

"Forget your old, tired ideas about leadership. The  most successful corporation of the 1990s will be  something called a learning organization." --  Fortune Magazine.

Synopsis:

"The Fifth Discipline" has turned the principles of the learning organization into a movement of snowballing size and strength. The ability to respond to change was the crucial issue of the '90s, but management tools such as "reengineering" and "total quality" simply treat the symptoms. Adopted by Ford, AT&T, and others, here is a cure for the disease Senge calls "learning disabilities."

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-409) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780385260954
Author:
Senge, Peter M.
Publisher:
Random House
Author:
Senge, Peter M.
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Leadership
Subject:
Management
Subject:
Education and guidance
Subject:
Business Communication
Subject:
Teams in the workplace
Subject:
Organizational effectiveness
Subject:
Learning and scholarship
Subject:
Business Communication - General
Subject:
Management - General
Copyright:
1990
Edition Description:
1st Currency pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
1979
Publication Date:
January 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
424
Dimensions:
9.34x6.26x1.19 in. 1.15 lbs.
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